African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Utriculus T. Brown, 1844

AphiaID

204737 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204737)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior objective synonym (Invalid: junior homonym of Utriculus Schumacher, 1817)

Accepted name

Retusa T. Brown, 1827

Rank

Genus

Parent

Retusidae Thiele, 1925

Original name

Utriculus T. Brown, 1844

Environment

marine

Original description

Brown, T. (1837-1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart. i-xiii, 1-144, errata 1 pp., pls 1-59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): 101 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Utriculus T. Brown, 1844. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204737 on 2026-01-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Utriculus T. Brown, 1844. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204737 on 2026-01-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-12-13 16:01:25Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2011-06-24 18:28:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-08-19 10:56:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-09-16 20:01:44Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2024-01-01 19:01:59Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2026-01-01 19:26:49Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description Brown, T. (1837-1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart. i-xiii, 1-144, errata 1 pp., pls 1-59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): 101 [details]

status source ICZN. (1959). Opinion 568. Protection under the plenary powers of the specific name "obtusa" Montagu, 1803, as published in the combination "Bulla obtusa" (class Gastropoda). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 20: 404-412., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34655666 [details]

Unreviewed

Retusa obtusa

Image from typetaxon